List of Street Fighter characters

The main titles of the Street Fighter fighting game series have introduced a varied cast of 80 World Warriors from the main series, and 34 from several spin-offs, for a total of 114 playable characters who originated from different countries around the world, each with his or her unique fighting style. This is a list of playable characters and non-playable opponents from the whole franchise. They are categorized based on the game in which they first became playable, including the original Street Fighter game, the Street Fighter II series, the Street Fighter Alpha series, the Street Fighter III series, the Street Fighter IV series, Street Fighter V, and other related games.

Main series[]

The table below summarizes every single fighter in the series. A green cell indicates that the character is playable, with the number indicating the revision of the game they are introduced in (e.g. the number in SFV indicates the downloadable content season), a red cell indicates that the character is not playable (they do not appear in the game), while a yellow cell indicates that the character makes a non-playable appearance. A number with * indicates that the character made their debut in the series.

Character	Street Fighter	II	Alpha	III	IV	V
Abel	No	No	No	No	0*	Cameo
Abigail	No	No	Cameo	No	No	2*
Adon	CPU*[Note 1]	No	0	No	2	No
Akira	No	No	No	No	No	5*
Akuma	No	4*	0	1	0	2
Alex	No	No	No	0*	No	1
Balrog	No	1*[Note 2]	2	No	0	1
Birdie	CPU*[Note 1]	No	0	No	No	0
Blanka	No	0*	2	No	0	3
C. Viper	No	No	No	No	0*	Cameo
Cammy	No	3*	1	No	1	0
Chun-Li	No	0*	0	2	0	0
Cody	No	No	2*	No	2	3
Dan	No	No	0*	No	1	5
Decapre	No	No	No	No	4*	CPU[Note 3]
Dee Jay	No	3*	2[Note 4]	No	2	No
Dhalsim	No	0*	1	No	0	0
Dudley	No	No	No	0*	2	No
E. Honda	No	0*	2	No	0	4
Eagle	CPU*[Note 1]	No	3[Note 4]	No	No	No
Ed	No	No	No	No	Cameo	2*
El Fuerte	No	No	No	No	0*	No
Elena	No	No	No	0*	4	No
Eleven	No	No	No	No	No	5*
Evil Ryu	No	6[Note 4]	1*	No	3	Cameo
F.A.N.G.	No	No	No	No	No	0*
Falke	No	No	No	No	No	3*
Fei Long	No	3*	2[Note 4]	No	1	Cameo
G	No	No	No	No	No	3*
Geki	CPU*[Note 1]	No	No	No	No	No
Gen	CPU*[Note 1]	No	1	No	1	Cameo
Gill	No	No	No	0*[Note 4]	No	4
Gouken	No	No	Cameo	No	0*	Cameo
Guile	No	0*	2[Note 4]	No	0	1
Guy	No	No	0*	No	2	No
Hakan	No	No	No	No	2*	Cameo
Hugo	No	No	Cameo	1*	4	No
Ibuki	No	No	No	0*	2	1
Ingrid	No	No	4*[Note 4]	No	No	Cameo
Joe	CPU*[Note 1]	No	No	No	No	No
Juli	No	No	2*	No	Cameo	CPU[Note 3]
Juni	No	No	2*	No	Cameo	Cameo
Juri	No	No	No	No	2*	1
Kage	No	No	No	No	No	4*
Karin	No	No	2*	No	No	0
Ken	0*	0	0	0	0	0
Kolin	No	No	No	Cameo	No	2*
Laura	No	No	No	No	No	0*
Lee	CPU*[Note 1]	No	No	No	No	No
Lucia	No	No	No	No	No	4*
Luke	No	No	No	No	No	5*
M. Bison	No	1*[Note 2]	0	No	0	0
Maki	No	No	3*[Note 4]	No	No	No
Makoto	No	No	No	2*	2	No
Menat	No	No	No	No	No	2*
Mike	CPU*[Note 1]	No	No	No	No	Cameo
Nash	No	No	0*	No	Cameo	0
Necalli	No	No	No	No	No	0*
Necro	No	No	No	0*	No	Cameo
Oni	No	No	No	No	3*	No
Oro	No	No	No	0*	No	5
Poison	No	No	Cameo	Cameo	4*	4
Q	No	No	No	2*	No	No
R. Mika	No	No	2*	No	No	0
Rashid	No	No	No	No	No	0*
Remy	No	No	No	2*	No	No
Retsu	CPU*[Note 1]	No	No	No	No	No
Rolento	No	No	1*	No	4	Cameo
Rose	No	No	0*	No	1	5
Rufus	No	No	No	No	0*	No
Ryu	0*	0	0	0	0	0
Sagat	CPU*[Note 1]	1[Note 2]	0	No	0	3
Sakura	No	No	1*	No	1	3
Sean	No	No	No	0*	No	Cameo
Seth	No	No	No	No	0*	4
Shin Akuma	No	5[Note 4]	1*[Note 4]	1[Note 5]	No	CPU[Note 3]
Sodom	No	No	0*	No	Cameo	Cameo
T. Hawk	No	3*	2[Note 4]	No	2	No
Twelve	No	No	No	2*	No	No
Urien	No	No	No	1*	No	1
Vega	No	1*[Note 2]	2	No	0	0
Violent Ken	No	6*[Note 4]	No	No	No	No
Yang	No	No	No	0*	3	No
Yun	No	No	3[Note 4]	0*	3	No
Zangief	No	0*	1	No	0	0
Zeku	No	No	Cameo	No	No	2*
Total	2	20	38	21	44	46

Notes

EX series[]

Character	EX	EX2	EX3
Ace	No	No	Yes
Akuma	Yes	No	No
Allen	Yes [EXnote 1]	No	No
Area	No	Plus	Yes [EXnote 1]
Bison II	No	CPU	Yes [EXnote 1]
Blair	Yes [EXnote 1]	No	No
Blanka	No	Yes	Yes
Bloody Hokuto	EX+[EXnote 1]	No	Yes [EXnote 2]
C. Jack	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chun-Li	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cycloid-β	EX+ [EXnote 1]	No	No
Cycloid-γ	EX+ [EXnote 1]	No	No
D. Dark	Yes	Yes	Yes
Darun	Yes	Plus	Yes [EXnote 1]
Dhalsim	EX+a	Yes	Yes
Evil Ryu	EX+	No	Yes [EXnote 1]
Garuda	Yes	Yes [EXnote 1]	Yes [EXnote 1]
Guile	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hayate	No	Yes [EXnote 3]	No
Hokuto	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kairi	Yes [EXnote 1]	Yes [EXnote 1]	Yes [EXnote 1]
Ken	Yes	Yes	Yes
M. Bison	Yes	Plus	Yes
Nanase	No	Yes [EXnote 1]	Yes
Pullum	Yes	Plus	Yes [EXnote 1]
Ryu	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sagat	No	Plus	Yes
Sakura	EX+a	No	Yes
Shadowgeist	No	Yes [EXnote 1]	Yes [EXnote 1]
Sharon	No	Yes	Yes
Shin-Bison	No	No	CPU
Skullomania	Yes	Yes	Yes
V. Rosso	No	Plus	Yes [EXnote 1]
Vega	No	Yes	Yes
Zangief	Yes	Yes	Yes
Total	23	24	28

Notes

The Movie games[]

Character	Arcade	Home
Akuma	Yes	Hidden
Arkane	Hidden	No
Balrog	Yes	Yes
Blade	Yes	No
Blanka	No	Yes
Cammy	Yes	Yes
Chun-Li	Yes	Yes
Dee Jay	No	Boss
E. Honda	Yes	Yes
F7	Hidden	No
Guile	Yes	Yes
Ken	Yes	Yes
Khyber	Hidden	No
M. Bison	Yes	Boss
Ryu	Yes	Yes
Sagat	Yes	Boss
Sawada	Yes	Yes
Vega	Yes	Yes
Zangief	Yes	Boss

Introduced in Street Fighter[]

Adon[]

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Alpha series), Atsushi Imaruoka (IV) (Japanese); R. Martin Klein (Alpha: The Animation), Taliesin Jaffe (IV) (English)

Adon (アドン, Thai: อาดอน, adon, [/ʔāː.dɔ̄ːn/]) appears in the original Street Fighter as a Muay Thai warrior that the player faces before the final match against Sagat. He also appears in Alpha, Alpha 2 and Alpha 3. In the first three Alpha games, Adon is characterized as a former pupil of Sagat, seeking to surpass his disgraced master by defeating him.^[1] In Alpha 3, he tries to track down and challenge Akuma.^[2] He briefly appears in Sagat's Street Fighter IV prologue, where he is again defeated by Sagat. Adon is a playable character in Super Street Fighter IV,^[3] where decides to join the S.I.N tournament.^[4] In his ending, he makes fun from redundant Sagat and since then he considers himself as a new Muay Thai master.^[5] Like Birdie and Eagle, Adon and Sagat share a motif: both characters' special moves are inspired by felines, the jaguar and the tiger.

Adon appears in one episode of the Street Fighter cartoon series as a non-speaking role. He also makes a brief cameo in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation.

He was the only character fully created by Keiji Inafune for the original Street Fighter.^[6] Adon was included in a wishlist of characters by GamesRadar for inclusion in Street Fighter X Tekken.^[7] Adon is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.^[8]

Birdie[]

Birdie debuted in the first Street Fighter as the first of two opponents the player faces in England, where he is initially presented as a tall, white punk rocker with a beak-shaped mohawk hairstyle. He is later redesigned from the Street Fighter Alpha series onwards as a hulking Black British punk rocker with a blonde, blade-shaped mohawk. After a long absence from the series, Birdie returns as a playable character for Street Fighter V, where he is presented as abdominally obese and has new special moves that involve eating and throwing food at his opponents.^[9]

Birdie appears in two episodes of the Street Fighter cartoon series. He also makes an appearance in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation as one of several fighters accompanying Ryu to rescue Shun from Dr. Sadler. Birdie also appears in the Street Fighter Alpha manga by Masahiko Nakahira. He hires Ryu, whom he befriended after a past fight, as a bodyguard for his drug smuggling operation.

Birdie's appearance in the first Street Fighter was voted joint last in Capcom's own popularity poll of 85 characters for the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter,^[10] along with a low placement at 87th in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.^[8] Street Fighter Alpha's Birdie also topped Gameist's's list of the 10 "lamest Street Fighter characters ever conceived".^[11] Nevertheless, he is included in a series of character wishlists prior to his return to the series in Street Fighter V by IGN,^[12] Askmen.com^[13] and GamesRadar.^[14]

Eagle[]

Voiced by: Jin Yamanoi (Alpha 3, Capcom vs. SNK 2)

Eagle (イーグル, Īguru) is a bouncer from England and a master of stick fighting derived from the combination of Eskrima and Singlestick. He craves to experience all fighting arts, searching for the perfect duel.^[15] He is introduced in the first Street Fighter as the second computer-controlled opponent the players face in England. One of his voiced win quotes is "the show must go on". He appears as a selectable character in the crossover game Capcom vs. SNK 2, having become a secret agent for MI6.^{[citation needed]} From there he is included in the GBA and PSP versions of Street Fighter Alpha 3. He has special moves named after Canterbury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and St. Andrews.

European Street Fighter champion Ryan Hart listed Eagle at the top of his list of best Street Fighter characters.^[16] Eagle was included in the UGO.com top 50 Street Fighter characters.^[17] Eagle was nominated eighth by Heavy.com as one of 10 characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV.^[18]

Geki[]

Geki (激) is a Japanese Ninja who fights with hand claws and shuriken and has the ability to teleport. He is the second Japanese opponent in the original Street Fighter,^[19] a battle which takes place near Mount Fuji. In an issue of UDON's Street Fighter comic book, Geki appears as an assassin sent to kill Gen.^{[volume & issue needed]} In the Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki comic miniseries, Geki is depicted as a rival clan to Ibuki's clan. On the official website for Street Fighter V, it is implied that the original was killed and had a successor named Geki II. He makes a cameo in Vega's Street Fighter V ending.

Gen[]

Gen (元) is an elderly Chinese martial arts master and former assassin with ties to Chun-Li's backstory, first introduced as a non-playable opponent in the original Street Fighter. Gen resurfaces as a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, as well as Street Fighter IV and its updates. Gen's fighting style incorporates various kung fu styles that he has utilized in his assassinations. As of Street Fighter Alpha 2, this is reflected in Gen's ability to switch between two fighting styles during gameplay. Gen also makes minor appearances in Street Fighter V and Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix.

Gen has appeared in media outside of video games. UDON's comic book adaptation delves into some of Gen's history as well as giving him a fairly pivotal role in the second arc of the series. Gen appears as one of the main characters the live-action movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, portrayed by Robin Shou. Depicted as a younger martial arts master, he serves as the leader of a secret anti-crime organization known as the Order of the Web who taught Chun-Li her more advanced moves, including the Kikoken, and accompanies her in the fight against M. Bison and Shadaloo. He was mentioned by Gouken in the second episode Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist.

Gen has been positively received for his in-universe longevity, and for being one of the few characters in fighting games who has multiple movesets and who is challenging for most players to master. IGN ranked Gen at number eighteen in their "Top 25 Street Fighter Characters" article.^[20] He was ranked 20th on the list of top Street Fighter characters by UGO.com.^[21] Complex ranked Gen as the "21st best Street Fighter character"."^[22] Now Gamer listed Gen and Heihachi Mishima as one of the rivalries they want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken.^[23] In a GamesRadar article by Michael Grimm, a fight between Gen and Wang Jinrei was written as one of the ones players wanted to see in Street Fighter X Tekken.^[24] In 2015, Gamer Headlines ranked Gen as the "9th top over 50 video game character in gaming".^[25] In 2016, Screen Rant named Gen the "8th Most Powerful Street Fighter Character".^[26] In their rankings of Street Fighter characters, Paste Magazine placed Gen at 41st place.^[27] Den of Geek ranked Gen as the "34th Best Street Fighter Character".^[28]

Joe[]

Joe (ジョー, Jō), who appears as the first American opponent in the original Street Fighter, is an underground kickboxing champion who practices by participating in street fights. Similarities between Joe and "Ghost", the blond underground fighter in red jeans from the Capcom game Final Fight: Streetwise, have led many to believe they are the same character.^[29]

Ken[]

Lee[]

Lee (李（リー）, Rī, pinyin: Lǐ) is a Chinese martial arts expert seeking to test his skills against worthy opponents. He is the first Chinese opponent in the original Street Fighter,^[30] encountered at the Great Wall of China. He later appears in the manga Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru! as an opponent who challenges Sakura in a street fighting event sponsored by Karin Kanzuki at the Setagaya Ward. He appears in UDON's Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li to challenge Fei Long for the honor of revealing a Chinese artifact. Lee is revealed to be an undisclosed relative of the Street Fighter III characters Yun and Yang.

Mike[]

Mike (マイク, Maiku) is an African-American boxer who formerly competed professionally, until he accidentally killed an opponent during a match. He is the second opponent the player faces in the US in the original Street Fighter. He is thought to be a precursor to Balrog (known as M. Bison in Japan) from Street Fighter II due to his similar profile and outer appearance.^[31][32] The Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia notably lists them as separate individuals^[33] as does the Japanese Street Fighter V website, which has a separate character page for Mike with redesigned artwork for him. He makes a cameo appearance Street Fighter V Arcade Edition.^[34]

Retsu[]

Retsu (烈) is a former Shorinji Kempo instructor who was expelled from his temple after getting involved in too many fights. He is the first opponent the player faces in Japan in the original Street Fighter.^[35] Although Retsu has never appeared in another Street Fighter game, his character has been depicted in later Street Fighter related media, including two Japanese Street Fighter II audio drama albums, an appearance in the US Street Fighter comic book and as a card in Card Fighters 2.

Ryu[]

Sagat[]

Introduced in the Street Fighter II series[]

Akuma[]

Balrog[]

Green from Brazil

Cammy[]

Chun-Li[]

Dee Jay[]

Dhalsim[]

E. Honda[]

Fei Long[]

Guile[]

M. Bison[]

T. Hawk[]

Vega[]

Violent Ken[]

Zangief[]

Introduced in the Street Fighter Alpha series[]

The Street Fighter Alpha series consists of three games: Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1995), Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996) and Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1998). The series as a whole serves as a prequel to the Street Fighter II series. In addition to characters from the original Street Fighter and Street Fighter II, the Alpha series also features appearances of characters from various other sources, such as Final Fight (Cody, Guy, Sodom, Rolento and Maki), the official Street Fighter manga (Karin and Evil Ryu/Kage) and Capcom Fighting Jam (Ingrid), as well as a few original characters.

Cody[]

Dan[]

Evil Ryu[]

Guy[]

Ingrid[]

Voiced by: Masako Jō

Ingrid (イングリッド, Inguriddo) was slated to appear in the canceled Capcom Fighting All-Stars arcade game using the nickname "Eternal Goddess", but her animations were completely redrawn in 2D, and she was introduced as a playable character in Capcom Fighting Jam for the arcades, Xbox and PlayStation 2. She entered the Street Fighter universe in Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX for the PSP. Little is known about her, although Alpha 3 MAX presents some possibilities about her true origins. Her source of power is apparently derived from Psycho Power, yet is not purely evil like that of M. Bison; though seemingly quite similar to Rose's Soul Power. Ingrid claims that she is the true bearer of what is called "Psycho Power", telling M. Bison that the Psycho Power is "her power" and that he has stolen it. Her power is so intense that if given the chance, she can actually break Ryu's madness if he ever succumbs to the Satsui no Hado.^[36] How M. Bison came into possession of the item is never explained, though it bears a resemblance to the crests on her head. When M. Bison is eventually defeated, she comments that a regular human being like him couldn't possibly control such power and takes the whole Psycho Drive with her as she leaves. Ingrid also possesses psychic abilities similar to Rose's. She addresses both Ryu and Rose by name, despite the two of them never revealing their names to her. Rose also cannot look into Ingrid's future, as she did with other Street Fighters.^[37] Ingrid's arcade ending reveals that she has the power of time travel, sending herself to the year 201X where she notices that Ryu "is up to something interesting". Ingrid's Street Fighter V character profile disregards her story from Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, amending her backstory to be more in line with how she was originally going to be portrayed in Capcom Fighting All-Stars.^[38] Ingrid also plays a role in the background story of Street Fighter X Tekken. She appears as a solo unit in Project X Zone 2.^[39] In addition, her likeness is featured as a downloadable alternate costume for Karin in Street Fighter V.

On Capcom's official Street Fighter Character Poll, Ingrid ranked 4th most popular character in the Japanese rankings.^[40] In another official poll conducted by Bandai Namco, Ingrid was the third most requested Street Fighter character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter, having received 15.38% of the votes.^[41] Ingrid also placed tenth by Heavy.com as one of 10 Characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV^[18] In a 2014 poll ran by Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Ingrid was ranked as one of the top three most requested characters to be added to Ultra Street Fighter IV.^[42]

Juli and Juni[]

Voiced by: Akiko Komoto (Alpha 3, Namco × Capcom), Sachiko Kojima (IV OVA), Kumi Tanaka (V) (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (IV OVA), Elizabeth Maxwell (V) (Juli) (English)

Voiced by: Akiko Komoto (Alpha 3, Namco × Capcom, V), Haruka Kimura (IV) (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (IV–V) (Juni) (English)

Juli (ユーリ, Yūri) and Juni (ユーニ, Yūni) make their first appearance in the arcade version of Street Fighter Alpha 3 as a pair of sub-bosses. Before the final battle against M. Bison in the single-player mode, the player faces them simultaneously in a two-on-one fight similar to the Dramatic Battle match. The two characters can be unlocked in the arcade version, but they have no storyline in the actual game, sharing their ending with M. Bison. They are similar to Cammy in character design, but have their own special moves and super combos. Juli and Juni are the only characters in Alpha 3 to have combined special moves and super combos; these are used exclusively when both characters fight as a pair during the Dramatic Battle mode.^[43] Juli and Juni are members of a special unit within Shadaloo called the "Dolls", or Bison Elite Guard (ベガ親衛隊, Bega Shin'eitai), which is composed of twelve young women brainwashed to serve as Bison's personal assassins. The twelve members of the Dolls are named after the months of the Gregorian calendar in various languages, Juli and Juni being German for July and June.^[44][45] Juli and Juni were given their own individual storyline and ending when they became part of the regular character roster in the console versions of Alpha 3, in which Juli is assigned to track down Cammy and Juni to track down Ryu. Juli's backstory is further developed in the console versions of Alpha 3 with the addition of T. Hawk to the cast. In T. Hawk's single-player storyline, Juli is revealed to be Julia, his girlfriend who used to live in his home village until she was kidnapped and brainwashed by Shadaloo.^[46] Juli and Juni appear in Namco × Capcom as two enemy characters that protagonists face throughout the game. They make cameo appearances in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos and in Super Street Fighter IV.

Karin[]

Maki[]

Nash[]

R. Mika[]

Rolento[]

Rose[]

Sakura[]

Shin Akuma[]

Sodom[]

Introduced in the Street Fighter III series[]

Alex[]

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Tatsunoko vs Capcom), Shintaro Asanuma (V) (Japanese), Michael X Sommers (New Generations, 2nd Impact), Patrick Galligan (3rd Strike, Capcom Fighting Evolution), Mark Whitten (V) (English)

Alex is a wrestler from New York who first appears in Street Fighter III: New Generation. His parents died at a young age, so he was raised by his father's friend, Tom, who trained him in fighting. In New Generation, Tom loses a fight with Gill, the president of the Illuminati and gets injured as a result. This angered Alex and prompted him to enter the third World Warrior tournament hosted by Gill in order kill him. Alex beats Gill and wins the tournament, but spares Gill, who is impressed about Alex's skills after their encounter. Alex eventually returns to Tom as a changed person after fighting various people around the world.^[47][48][49] Street Fighter III: Second Impact retcons New Generation, but Alex's story stays the same, but he now has a rivalry with Hugo, a German pro wrestler of extreme height. Alex returns in Street Fighter III: Third Strike with a slightly different personality. He meets Ryu and fought him, only to lose, in which Ryu told Alex to explore the world and find worthy fighters.^[50]

Alex makes an appearance in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars as a playable character, alongside other Street Fighter characters, Ryu and Chun-Li. He also appears in Capcom Fighting All-Stars and Capcom Fighting Evolution.^[51][52] Alex reappears as a playable character in Street Fighter V as the first of 6 characters to be released after the game's launch in 2016.^[53] In the story mode of Street Fighter V, "A Shadow Falls", Alex is first shown winning a pro-wrestling tournament. He then competes in a tag-team exhibition match with Laura against Zangief and R. Mika, which is broadcast live on television. However the signal cuts out due to a Black Moon detonating over New York City, causing a blackout. Dhalsim comes to his trailer, wanting the chess piece, but Alex believes Dhalsim is a mugger and fights him. Dhalsim successfully convinces Alex otherwise and receives the chess piece from Alex. Dhalsim then tells Alex that big things will happen to him in the future, foreshadowing his role as the main character of the Street Fighter III series, and teleports away.^[54][55]

In December 1997, Alex ranked 44th on Gamest's "Top 50" video game characters, tying with Goro Daimon, and in January 1998 was named the 22nd-best character of the preceding year, tying with Ryuji Yamazaki.^[56][57] IGN voted Alex one of their top 25 fighters.^[58] He was ranked as the sixth-best Street Fighter character by UGO.com.^[59] Alex was named by Heavy.com as the character they wanted to see the most in Ultra Street Fighter IV.^[18] Alex was also named as 10th-best character in the series by Complex.^[60] In the official poll by Bandai Namco, Alex was the second most requested Street Fighter side character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter, as of August 2012 racking up 17.97% of votes.^[41]

Dudley[]

Elena[]

Gill[]

Voiced by: Fumihiko Tachiki (SFV) (Japanese); Bruce Robertson (New Generation, 2nd Impact), Lawrence Bayne (3rd Strike), Liam O'Brien (SFV) (English)

Gill (ギル, Giru) is the main antagonist and final boss of the Street Fighter III series.^[61] At the start of the series he is the President of the Illuminati, a secret society that has controlled the underworld for thousands of years and seeks to turn the whole world into a utopia by causing an armageddon. His ultimate goal is to test the skills of several warriors and coerce them into his cause. Gill appears in his default costume as a tall, muscular man with flowing blond hair, the right side of his body colored red, and the left side colored blue, wearing nothing but a loincloth. 2nd Impact introduces Gill's younger brother Urien as a player character of similar build and attire but with short hair; in addition, Urien's body is the same color on both sides. In Urien's ending, Gill is revealed to have been promoted to "Emperor" (天帝, Tentei, "Celestial Emperor") after Urien takes over Gill's former presidency, which he still holds by the time of 3rd Strike^[62] The blond woman who assists Gill before battle in 3rd Strike is his secretary Kolin (コーリン, Kōrin), who also appears in Dudley's ending in the first two games, handing him the keys to Dudley's car.^[63] Gill is not playable in any of the arcade versions of the Street Fighter III games. However, he is selectable once he is unlocked from within the console versions of 2nd Impact and 3rd Strike. He appears in the ending of Street Fighter V revealing that Helen is in fact his secretary Kolin. Gill makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V as a playable character in the Champion Edition update.

Hugo[]

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (2nd Impact, SVC Chaos, Street Fighter X Tekken, Ultra Street Fighter IV) (Japanese); Len Carlson (3rd Strike), Jim Wallace (Final Fight Revenge), Gerardo Sprigg (Final Fight: Streetwise), Patrick Seitz (Street Fighter X Tekken, Ultra Street Fighter IV) (English)

Hugo (ヒューゴー, Hyūgō) is a massive professional wrestler from Germany who first appears in Final Fight under the name Andore (アンドレ). He makes his first Street Fighter appearance in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, in which he wears a similar pink leopard-print shirt and pants with chains around his waist. Because of his physical appearance and strength, Hugo is often compared to André the Giant, a real-life wrestler who worked for the WWF in the mid-80's and inspired the Andore character, extending as far as Hugo's rivalry with Alex, mirroring that between André and Hulk Hogan. Hugo is the son of a farmer from the German countryside and was raised alongside his two younger sisters. After leaving his hometown at the age of 20, he becomes a popular wrestler in the US, with former street warrior Poison, another enemy character from Final Fight, as his manager.^[47][64] In 2nd Impact, Hugo seeks a partner for an upcoming tag team wrestling tournament due to take place in a few months. Hugo's final opponent in the single-player mode varies, the four possibilities being Gill, Ryu, Elena and Necro. Afterwards, Hugo and his rival go on to form a tag team to compete in the CWA tag tournament. In 3rd Strike, Hugo achieves such an overwhelming victory in the tag tournament that no other wrestler dares to challenge him anymore. Worried about the lack of matches for Hugo, Poison forms a new wrestling organization with him, recruiting only the best fighters. In Hugo's ending, he and Poison form the Huge Wrestling Army (H.W.A.), which includes other 3rd Strike characters.^[50][65] Outside the Street Fighter III series, Hugo appears as a playable character in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos and Capcom USA's Final Fight Revenge. He also appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken with his official tag partner, Poison. He is an optional pit-fight opponent in Final Fight Streetwise. He also appears as a playable character in Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Ibuki[]

Makoto[]

Necro[]

Voiced by: Michael X. Sommers (New Generation, 2nd Impact), Lawrence Bayne (3rd Strike)

Necro (ネクロ, Nekuro), whose real name is Illia (イリヤ, Iriya), was born in a poor Russian village near a lake. He is the third of four children, with two older brothers and a younger sister. He also has massive data. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he wanders off from his home village and into the vicinity of Moscow, where he comes into contact with Gill's organization, which remodels his DNA to turn him into a living weapon, granting him superhuman flexibility. His fighting style is simulated by computer, then programmed into his brain with cyber implants.^[47][66] Necro has a long reach and can use throws and electrocution. In his ending, he is tricked by Gill and left for dead in a facility, until he is rescued by a young girl named Effie (エフィー, Efī), and the pair go on a journey together. Necro's story is the same in 2nd Impact, in which he gains the nickname "super electromagnetic alien". In this game, however, he also has a role as one of Hugo's potential final bosses and tag partners, forming the tag team "Thunderbolt". In 3rd Strike, Necro and Effie are pursued by agents of the organization, but still live in hope of "truth and liberty". In his ending, Necro saves Effie from falling and thwarts agents of the Illuminati at the Siberian railroad.^[50][67]

Oro[]

Q[]

Voiced by: Len Carlson

Q, who first appears in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, is a mysterious individual in a trenchcoat and hat, whose face is concealed by an expressionless metal mask, based on the main character from Tokusatsu series Robot Detective (Robot Keiji K). Q is being tracked by the CIA because of his presence in numerous strange disasters.^[50][68] Nothing of his background has yet been revealed. All of Q's techniques are named in "descriptive" form rather than with traditionally-styled move names, as if they are given by people who have watched him fight. Q was nominated third by Heavy.com as one of 10 Characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV.^[18]

Remy[]

Voiced by: Eiji Sekiguchi

Remy (レミー, Remī), who first appears in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, is a young turquoise-haired savateur from Paris who seeks revenge against his father, a martial artist who abandoned him and his sister. After Remy's sister died, he encased her body in an iced casket, which he keeps in an underwater cove in the Bay of Biscay. Remy takes his aggression out on other martial artists by challenging them to battle. Remy's rival match illustrates this, as his sudden appearance and challenge surprise Alex, who thinks him nothing but a troubled man. In his ending, Remy realizes that he has been inadvertently following in his father's footsteps. He makes peace with his sister and follows a new path. His attacks are similar to that of Guile and Charlie, but no notable connection to them has been established.^[35] Remy was voted 8th in Capcom's popularity poll of 85 characters for the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter.^[10]

Sean[]

Voiced by: Isshin Chiba (New Generation, 2nd Impact), Mitsuo Iwata (3rd Strike), Ayumu Murase (V) (Japanese), (V) (English)

Sean Matsuda (ショーン松田, Shōn Matsuda) is a young boy from an average home in Brazil and the younger brother of Laura. Impressed by Ken's performance at a martial arts rally, Sean seeks to become his disciple, calling him "Master Ken". An intense but courteous young man, Sean is determined to win no matter what. He was once trained by his grandfather, who was of Japanese descent. Sean's greatest weakness is receiving attacks while attacking. He dreams of creating his original special moves.^[47][69] It is Sean who leads the basketball parry bonus round in 3rd Strike. In his ending, he becomes Ken's disciple, only to be told that he needs to defeat Ryu to become worthy. In 3rd Strike, Sean is allowed to participate in a martial arts tournament, but Ken tells him that his current skills will not even get him through the preliminaries and that he needs to develop his own style. In his 3rd Strike ending, Sean dreams that he has won the championship title, but in fact he loses in the qualifying rounds as a result of his lack of training.^[29][50] Sean makes a cameo appearance in Ryu's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom, and as a supporting character in Street Fighter V.

Twelve[]

Voiced by: Lawrence Bayne

Twelve (トゥエルヴ, Tueruvu) is a humanoid creature introduced as a playable character in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. His stage background, shared with Necro, is Saint Basil's Cathedral. Twelve is the ultimate humanoid weapon developed by Gill's organization. He has a shapeshifting body that is an improved and strengthened version of the prototype body given to Necro. Via the X.C.O.P.Y. super art, Twelve has the ability to briefly copy his opponent's form and moves. His targets are filled with despair when he corners them.^[50] His objective is to track down Necro and Effie, who are fleeing from the organization.^[70]

Urien[]

Yun and Yang[]

Introduced in the Street Fighter IV series[]

Abel[]

Voiced by: Kenji Takahashi (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht (English)

Abel (アベル, Aberu) is a heavily scarred French martial artist described as an amnesiac. Obsessively following every lead on the whereabouts of Shadaloo's remnants, he was found in the burning remains of a Shadaloo base and nursed back to health by a group of mercenaries, working alongside them to rediscover his past and to defeat Shadaloo once and for all. He recognizes Guile's "Sonic Boom" technique, but refuses to comment when Guile presses him for information about Charlie, its originator. It is hinted in his original ending that Abel may have been abducted in his youth to serve as a "replacement body" for M.Bison, or created by Shadaloo as a prototype of Seth, a later replacement body. This is reinforced by dialogue from both Bison and Seth, who refer to him as "the one that got away". The appearance of his eyes change to resemble Seth's during the initiation of his ultra combo. It is also hinted that Charlie was the person that helped him as Abel recognizes Guile's fighting style and Abel even comments to Chun-Li about the soldier that rescued him from Shadaloo.^{[clarification needed]} In Abel's rival encounter, Abel mentions that he recognizes Guile's Sonic Boom, leading to speculation that he may have spent time with Charlie. Abel's fighting style has elements from Judo, Kyokushin style of karate, Wrestling, Sambo and Mixed martial arts. He obsesses big judo or wrestling type of throws and slams as well his signature move Flying wheel kick (Jap. Mawashi kaiten geri) which is originally a full contact karate technique. He usually wears sambo like composition; blue judogi or sambo kurtka with white shorts and belt and also pair of shin pads and MMA gloves. In Street Fighter IV his alternate outfit is like the original, only with blue wrestling singlets with embroidered French flag on his chest.

Abel appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Guile. In the original design, he was a young judo fighter who wore pigtails and "could be mistaken for a girl".^[71] He appears as part of Street Fighter V's story, going undercover within Shadaloo at Guile's request to find out the truth behind Operation C.H.A.I.N.S.

C. Viper[]

Voiced by: Mie Sonozaki (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (English)

Crimson Viper is an American double agent, who is posing as an employee of the S.I.N. organization. She is in fact an undercover CIA agent, whose goal is to acquire data for the BLECE Project. She wears a S.I.N form-fitting suit which enables her to perform electrical, seismic, and pyrotechnic moves. Her fighting style greatly revolves around baiting, fakes, high jump cancels, and rushdown.^[72] She is often seen speaking to her daughter Lauren on her mobile phone. In Street Fighter V, Viper appears in M. Bison's story mode and serves as the main narrator of events while spying on the dictator. Crimson Viper also appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting games Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.^[73] She is also a boss character in Street Fighter X Mega Man.

Designed by Daigo Ikeno,^[74] Viper was designed around the concept of a 20-year-old single mother.^[75] Viper was designed based upon marketing research on what sorts of characters an American audience would enjoy playing. ^[76] She was tailored towards Western tastes, as an experiment to see how audiences would receive the character.^[77] Street Fighter IV executive producer Yoshinori Ono has described her as the most "unorthodox" of the four new characters introduced in the title, emphasizing this aspect as one he felt would appeal to American players. ^[78] She was reportedly his favorite character when the game was early in development.^[79] In response to claims that the character resembled one found more commonly in SNK developed games, Ono retorted that the resemblance was unintended, and that she was created from the best parts of several proposed designs during early development.^[80] He went on to state that she was also an attempt to create a character with a "cool" design, which he feels are predominant in SNK titles.^[81]

Writing for VideoGamer.com, Wesley Yin-Poole described Crimson Viper as looking "ridiculous", and called her a "SNK character lost in a Capcom game".^[82] Simon Parkin from Eurogamer felt that the contrast did not quite fit with the game's aesthetic.^[83] Todd Ciolek from Anime News Network felt the character fit comfortably in the "Street Fighter mold", in spite of her design's deliberate similarity to characters from the King of Fighters series.^[84] A reviewer for the New Straits Times described her as the best of the new characters, praising both her appearance and attack arsenal.^[85] GamesRadar stated that while her fighting style made her feel out of place in the series, "that's why she adds so much to the game".^[86] IGN AU praised the character, stating approval for the variations of her attacks.^[87] AJ Glasser from Kotaku listed her as one of the worst mothers in video games, placing as the worst one from fighting games.^[88] UGO Networks ranked C. Viper at #21 on their list of "Fighting Games' Finest Female Fighters", commenting on how she shoves her tie between her breasts and her bright red bouffant.^[89] The Guardian ranked her as the 20th top Street Fighter character in 2010, with writer Ryan Hart highlighting her technical combos.^[90] C. Viper is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.^[8]

Decapre[]

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese); Caitlin Glass (English)

Portrayed by: Katrina Durden

Decapre (ディカープリ, Dikāpuri) is a character who makes her first playable appearance in Ultra Street Fighter IV. She is a member of a special unit within Shadaloo called the "Dolls", or Bison Elite Guard (ベガ親衛隊, Bega Shin'eitai), which is composed of twelve young women brainwashed to serve as Bison's personal assassins. She first appears as a non-player character in Street Fighter Alpha 3, making a cameo in Juli and Juni's introduction. In Ultra Street Fighter IV, it is revealed that she is an earlier, imperfect product of Shadaloo's cloning experiments that would eventually result in Cammy's creation. Years later, during the S.I.N. fighting tournament, she escapes the Shadaloo testing facility that houses her and goes on a murderous rampage. The twelve members of the Dolls are named after the months of the Gregorian calendar in various languages, "Decapre" alluding to the Russian word for December, which is actually "Dekabr" (Декабрь).^[44][45] She bears a strong resemblance to Cammy (even without her mask), though she speaks with a heavy Russian accent and wears a metallic mask to conceal a large scar covering most of her face.^[91][92] Katrina Durden portrays Decapre in the miniseries Street Fighter: Resurrection.

El Fuerte[]

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese); JB Blanc (English)

El Fuerte (エル・フォルテ, Eru Forute), meaning "The Strong One" in Spanish, is a masked Mexican luchador. He is an aspiring chef who seeks out the greatest fighters to learn what they eat and incorporate their recipes into his cooking. Despite his love of cooking, he seems to be an incompetent chef. Many of his moves have names referring to Mexican food. The UDON comic series of Street Fighter shows El Fuerte as a big fan of R. Mika. He immediately recognizes fellow wrestler Zangief as "Tornado Rojo" (Red Twister), and then announces his own title as "The Hurricane of the Gulf of Mexico". He has a friendly rivalry with T. Hawk, who bested him before the events of Super Street Fighter IV and told him to challenge him again when he got stronger. The character of El Fuerte is inspired by real wrestlers from Mexico, in particular El Santo, a prominent Mexican wrestler who also wore a silver mask. He makes a cameo appearance in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Gouken[]

Hakan[]

Voiced by: Shintaro Ohata (Japanese); Lance J. Holt (English)

Hakan (ハカン, Hakan) is an oil wrestler from Turkey and is the second new addition to Super Street Fighter IV. His fighting style is based on Yağlı güreş and involves him coating himself in oil to make his body slippery. This enables him to slide across the ground and launch his opponents by squeezing them through his bulging muscles. Hakan is the father of seven young children and the president of a company that seeks to create the perfect olive oil. He is apparently old friends with E. Honda, his fighting rival in Super Street Fighter IV.

Juri[]

Oni[]

Poison[]

Rufus[]

Seth[]

Introduced in Street Fighter V[]

Abigail[]

Voiced by: Ryota Takeuchi (Japanese); Xander Mobus (English)

Abigail (アビゲイル, Abigeiru) is a character who makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. He is a hot-temperered Canadian member of Metro City's Mad Gear gang who originally appeared as a boss character in 1989's Final Fight. Seeking to clean up his act and try his best to control his temperament, he starts up a legitimate scrap metal business in Metro City, aided by fellow former Mad Gear members Roxy, Axl and J. He is the game's largest character, towering over other heavyweights such as Zangief and Birdie. He has a move called the Ontario drop, and likes to mimic car sounds. Despite fighting out of Metro City, he is noted for being the first playable character in the series who is a Canadian national.^[93]

Akira[]

Voiced by: Akira Sekine (Japanese); Kayli Mills (English)

Akira Kazama (風間 アキラ, Kazama Akira) is a character who is set to make her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 5 DLC. She was first introduced in 1997's Rival Schools: United by Fate as a high school student from Seijyun High who initially posed as a male biker to go undercover at Gedo High and find out the truth behind the disappearance of her older brother, Daigo, then worried about his sudden personality change at time after she returned to her old alma mater. In Street Fighter V, Akira is invited by Karin to join her, Sakura and Ibuki, including Hinata and Tiffany for both tea and beach parties at her mansion, where she retells the story of how she and Sakura first met during the first Rival Schools event, prior to Street Fighter Alpha 2. Her fighting style is derived from Bajiquan, a Chinese martial art that utilizes elbow and shoulder strikes, while Daigo assists her when using her V-Trigger and Critical Art. She use to be an aquaphobic, until Gorin alumni swimmer, Nagare helped her overcame it sometimes between Project Justice and Street Fighter V. While the Rival Schools series has long been established as taking place in the same world as the Street Fighter series, Akira is the first Rival Schools character to appear as a playable character in a mainline Street Fighter game, as well as being the second Capcom character (the first being Ingrid) who is not originating from Final Fight series in overall.^[94]

Ed[]

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese); Edward Bosco (English)

Ed (エド, Edo) is a character who made his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. He first appears in a non-playable capacity in Street Fighter IV during Balrog's ending, created as a potential replacement body for Bison before being stolen by S.I.N. He is found as a child and freed by Balrog, who believes Ed's ability to channel Psycho Power like Bison could be useful. He is featured in Street Fighter V: A Shadow Falls, having undergone accelerated aging and working alongside Balrog for Shadaloo. He later joins the playable roster during the game's second season of DLC content, now a grown adult and leader of Neo Shadaloo, an organization seeking to help others who were victims of Shadaloo's experiments. Due to his struggling to fight off the fragment of Bison's soul in him, Ed parts away from Balrog, in order to save themselves, and being forced to fight him one last time before both departing for new lives. Despite both sadly parts away from each other, Ed and Balrog's bonds are still intact, as shown in his Arcade ending artwork where they have an official boxing match.^[95] His gameplay can be considered a mixture between Balrog and M.Bison, as he has the boxing (particularly kickboxing outside fist-only official match) prowess of the former and psychokinetic powers of the latter.

Eleven[]

Eleven (イレヴン, Irevun) is a character who made his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 5 DLC. He is a humanoid weapon created by Gill's organization, and a prototype of Twelve from Street Fighter III. Though capable of imitating other fighters, Eleven is heavily damaged during a training exercise with Urien and deemed a failure, resulting in the design being further modified to create Twelve. Despite being considered a failure, Eleven's raw material was later used by Kolin for the reconstruction of Charlie Nash. Eleven does not have his own fighting style, but instead functions as a mimic character, transforming into a random fighter with a randomly-selected V-Skill and V-Trigger at the start of each match.^[96]

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Falke[]

Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese); Kira Buckland (English)

Falke (ファルケ, Faruke) is a character introduced in Street Fighter V Season 3 DLC, stated to be of German descent. Falke was built by Shadaloo to be an alternative clone for M. Bison and forced to undergo relentless experimentation and training. After being rescued by Ed, the duo became founding members of Neo Shadaloo. Due to the experiments performed on her, she can channel psycho power through her staff "Harmony".

G[]

Voiced by: Kazuhiro Yamaji (Japanese); Christopher Corey Smith (English)

G is a character introduced in Street Fighter V Season 3 DLC, who claims to be the "President of the World" and seeks to unite all of its people, using social media to spread his message and streaming video of his battles with strong fighters. During battle, he can perform a "G Charge" to increase his presidentiality level, enhancing his special moves. He can also create a momentary shield to protect him from single-hit projectile attacks.

Kage[]

Voiced by: Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese); Kyle Hebert (English)

Kage (影ナル者 Kagenaru Mono, lit. "The Shadowed One") is a physical manifestation of the Satsui no Hado separated from Ryu's body, introduced in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. The Satsui no Hado is purged from Ryu's body during the events of Street Fighter V: A Shadow Falls, but somehow develops sentience and manifests as an independent physical entity calling itself Kagenaru Mono. As a sentient version of Evil Ryu, Kage's fighting style is reminiscent of pre-sentient counterpart from the earlier games, including Akuma's Oni form from Street Fighter IV updates. His own character story ends with him fading away from existence after Ryu overwhelms him by tapping to the Power of Nothingness.

Kolin[]

Voiced by: Romi Park (Japanese); Cindy Robinson (English)

Portrayed by: Amy Olivia Bell

Kolin (コーリン, Kōrin) is a character who made her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. She first appears in Street Fighter III in a non-playable capacity as Gill's assistant. She is featured prominently in Street Fighter V: A Shadow Falls, operating under the name "Helen" and organizing a group of fighters to help stop Bison's plan in order to advance the Illuminati's goals. She later joins the playable roster during the game's second season of DLC content.^[97] Her ice attacks that drain the opponent's stun meter will end up freezing them, rather than simply leaving them dizzy. The fighting style she uses is Systema, a hybrid Russian martial arts that can be seen in her use of counters, throws and strikes.^[98]

Laura[]

Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa (Japanese); G.K. Bowes (English)

Portrayed by: Natascha Hopkins

Laura Matsuda (ララ・マツダ, Rara Matsuda) is a character introduced in Street Fighter V. She is a Brazilian fighter who uses a grappling style based on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (dubbed Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu) and electricity which she harnesses in the form of projectile attacks. She is the older sister to Sean Matsuda from Street Fighter III. Natascha Hopkins portrayed Laura in the miniseries Street Fighter: Resurrection.^[99] Laura has been used to win the NYU Spring Fighters and Cannes Winter Clash tournaments.^[100][101]

Laura's depiction as a sexualized character with a highly suggestive outfit in Street Fighter V has attracted commentary. In an opinion piece published by Red Bull, Greg Candalez drew attention to comments made by producer Yoshinori Ono during an October 2015 interview, where Ono admitted that Laura reflected the fanciful perception the Japanese public have of Brazilian women. Candalez said Laura exemplifies the inappropriate and inaccurate stereotype of Brazilian women by international audiences as being sensual and prone to dressing provocatively.^[102]

Lucia[]

Voiced by: Rika Tachibana (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado (English)

Lucia Morgan (ルシア・モーガン, Rushia Mōgan) is a character who makes her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. She was first introduced in 1995's Final Fight 3 as a detective with Metro City's Special Crimes Unit and one of the game's player characters. There, she worked with Guy and Haggar to take down the Skull Cross gang as thanks for Haggar clearing her of a false charge in the past. In Street Fighter V, she continues to work with the Metro City Police Department under Mayor Cody, but is contacted by Haggar and asked to investigate a Mad Gear plot.

Luke[]

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese); TBA (English)

Luke is a character introduced in Street Fighter V Season 5 DLC as the final character of the game. He is an American MMA fighter who aspires to be as strong as a yet to be revealed individual. He is described by director Takayuki Nakayama as an important character to the future of the Street Fighter franchise who was created to help expand the universe the series takes place in.

Menat[]

Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese); Erica Lindbeck (English)

Menat (メナト, Menato, from Arabic منات, Egyptian